MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why did we start shaking hands?

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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why did we start shaking hands?

When the pandemic started in 2020 we all stopped shaking hands for a while. But I feel like hand shaking is coming back now. Why did we start shaking hands in the first place?

Way back in times of war and battle it was originally to show that you were unarmed.  It to show you trust and believe the other person you’re coming up to wasn’t going to take their sword out to fight you or try to kill you.

All these years later it’s just a nice gesture and less about being weary about sword fights.

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